Novell Announces New Partnerships for NetWare Connect Services.GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 1995--At the Telecom 95 show today, Novell announced a wide range of new industry partnerships for its NetWare Connect Services (NCS (Network Call Signaling) CableLabs version of MGCP. See MGCP/MEGACO. NCS - Network Computing System: Apollo's RPC system used by DEC and Hewlett-Packard.The protocol has been adopted by OSF. ) initiative including telecommunications companies, technology providers, and online information providers. "Our vision for NetWare Connect Services is global and includes many industry partners," said Steve Markman, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Novell's Information Access and Management Group. "We are extremely pleased to announce such a broad and impressive list of new partners for NCS including the world's leading telecommunications, networking and information publishing companies. These new partners, together with AT&T, are the foundation upon which we will realize our plans for worldwide, secure, business networks supporting inter-enterprise communication, collaboration, and information access." Multimedia Services Affiliate Forum Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. , NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform , Telstra, and Unisource announced that they are planning to offer new business networking This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. services that incorporate Novell networking and directory technology. The four telecommunications companies along with AT&T, Lotus and Novell also announced plans to form a Multimedia Services Affiliate Forum. Through the Multimedia Services Affiliate Forum, the telecommunications companies will work together to interconnect their networks, allowing customers to easily access users and information located on any of the affiliate networks. To provide navigation and secure access, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, NTT, Telstra, and Unisource will share a common directory using Novell's NetWare Directory Services See eDirectory. (networking) Netware Directory Services - (NDS) Novell, Inc.'s directory services for Netware, Windows NT, and Unix. The NDS directory represents each network resource (user, hardware, or application) as an object of a certain class, where each class has (NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services ). Network applications will be able to access the common directory using an open,standardized interface based upon an integrated DCE/NDS solution. Technology Providers Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. and Folio Corporation announced that they are also working with Novell on the NetWare Connect Services effort. Cisco is working with Novell on technology to enhance LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. internetworking over public wide-area connections. Folio is working with Novell to provide electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. tools to enable distribution of high-value content over networks incorporating Novell's NetWare Connect Services technology. The tools are targeted at professional publishers, independent software vendors, and telecommunications companies. Both Cisco and Folio announced plans to apply for membership in the Multimedia Services Affiliate Forum. Online Information Providers CompuServe Information Service (company) CompuServe Information Service - (CIS) One of the services run by CompuServe Corporation. CIS provides a wide variety of information and services, including bulletin boards, on-line conferencing, business news, sports and weather, financial transactions, electronic mail, Inc. and LEXIS-NEXIS (a division of Reed Elsevier plc) announced that they are working with Novell to make their online information available over networks incorporating NetWare Connect Services technology. CompuServe offers a broad array of business, technical, and personal information services See Information Systems. and is the premier supplier of online Novell technical and product information through its NetWire forums. LEXIS-NEXIS offers access to more than 10,000 information sources online, 5,800 news and business sources and 4,300 legal sources. Both CompuServe and LEXIS-NEXIS announced plans to apply for membership in the Multimedia Services Affiliate Forum. NetWare Connect Services NetWare Connect Services is Novell's technology for inter-enterprise business networking. It includes communications, directory, and access software. AT&T, through its AT&T NetWare Connect Services, is creating a new public data network that combines Novell's NetWare Connect Services technology with the AT&T Worldwide Intelligent Network, effectively extending the reach of LANs into WANs. AT&T NetWare Connect Services is currently in market trial. Using the NetWare Connect Services technology, telecommunications companies can build internetworking services that offer business users: -0- 1. Easy, reliable wide-area communications. Businesses will be able to utilize an NCS network for their internal LAN-to-LAN and remote connectivity needs rather than building and managing a private network. 2. Secure inter-company communication. Businesses can use an NCS network for the secure exchange of information with their customers, suppliers and trading partners. An NCS network supports secure access to information using a centralized directory for access control and supports a variety of tools for publishing information including NetWare File Services, Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. , Folio infobases, and the World Wide Web. 3. Access to network applications and services. Using an NCS network, business users will be able to access applications and services that are hosted inside the network. This will allow users to make use of new applications technology like groupware and services like network management without having to implement and support additional technologies within their local networks. 4. Access to information and other networks. Users of an NCS network will be able to access information hosted on other online networks and the World Wide Web. -0- The business of Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), is connecting people with other people and the information they need, enabling them to act on it anytime, anyplace. Novell is the world's leading network software provider. The company's software products provide the distributed infrastructure, network services, advanced network access and network applications required to make networked information and computing an integral part of everyone's daily life. -0- Note to Editors: AT&T is a registered trademark of AT&T Corp. registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark office. NetWare Connect is a trademark of Novell, Inc. used by AT&T under license from Novell, Inc. AT&T NetWare Connect Services is a service offered by AT&T Corp. Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark office. CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe Information Service, Inc. registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark office. Deutsche Telekom is a registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG. Folio is a registered trademark of Folio Corporation registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark office. Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark office. Novell, NetWare, and NetWare Directory Services are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark office. NTT is a registered trademark of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (日本電信電話株式会社 Corporation. Telstra is a registered trademark of Telstra Corporation Limited. Unisource is a registered trademark of Unisource N.V. CONTACT: Novell, Inc. Cheryl Hall, Tel: 408/577-7299 Fax: 408/577-5016 chall@novell.com |
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